Book Quotes

Here's the deal for this page. I thought it would be really fun and helpful to post important quotes from the book as you read. Dont forget to include the importance of the quote, page number its on, and who said it. (Amy A.)

Quote	Importance	Page #	Who Said It	Posted By
"You don't know about me...ain't no matter"	famous first words	1	Huck Finn	Amy A.
"I wish we had bad luck like this everyday Jim."	shows sarcastic treatment of a slave	52	Huck Finn	Amy A.
"Is I me, or who is I? Is I heah, or whah is I? Now dat's what I wants to know."	the eternal question of identity in American dialect	83	Jim	Amy A.
...humble myself to a [slave]; but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterwards.	Huck humbles himself to a slave; realizing that Jim is a person just like himself	86	Huck Finn	Caron
",and then go rumbling, grumbling, tumbling, down the sky towards the underside of the world, like rolling empty barrels down-stairs-"	just a great simile describing the thunder.	49	Huck Finn	Emily Barden
"Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en makes' em ashamed."	a great saying for Jim to describe how Huck was acting wrong	85	Jim	alex j
"If you notice, most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different."	sarcastic humor that shows sheds some light on the social requirements of some societies	109-110	Huck Finn	Danny Sale
You can't pray a lie -- I found that out	Said he wanted to pray to do the right thing and write a letter to Jims owner telling him where Jim really was but he couldn't. Shows hes really began to care about Jim. (Matt)	284	Huck Finn	Matt
"All right, then, I'll go to hell"	Claims he doesn;t care if he goes to hell he wont turn on Jim	285	Huck Finn	Matt

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For fun, if you want to post a funny line or a favorite quote below you may:)

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Quote	Reason	Page #	Who Said It	Posted By
It was pretty ornery preaching--all about brotherly love, and such-like importances...	Ironic	109	Huck Finn	Caron
"you do beat all for natural stupidness"	sarcasm	193	Mary Jane	Meghan
"it was a good enough leg...we couldn't find the other one, though we hunted all around"	crude	51	Huck Finn	Ellie